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Ground crew and pilot with a P-38F Lightning serial number 43-2136 HV+X "Dear John" of the 27th FS 1st FG MTO.
Center is Sgt Don Brenden and right is Capt Edward Newbury.

IWM catalogue record

This contains information written on the back of the original print and some of it may be inaccurate.

Ground personnel with a P-38 Lightning (serial number 43-266) in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations.

Connections

Units

  • 1st Fighter Group

    1st Fighter Group

    Group
    The 1st Fighter Group were initially deployed to Britain in the summer of 1942 as part of Operation Bolero. After shuttling through a number of different bases in the UK, the Group was reassigned to the Twelfth Air Force in September 1942 and supported...

  • 27th Fighter Squadron

    27th Fighter Squadron

    Squadron

Aircraft

  • 43-2136 Dear John

    P-38 Lightning
    Flown by Capt Edward Newbury. Lost on Feb 10, 1944 with pilot 2Lt Tom Collier KIA

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Collection name
Roger Freeman Collection
Object number
FRE 4618

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
16 May 2022 07:00:51 Emily Changes to collection
Sources

Removed amendment to collection title
Date Contributor Update
12 May 2022 22:41:22 fugari Changes to collection and caption
Sources

JCook archives
Date Contributor Update
09 May 2022 07:00:20 fugari Changes to caption and unit associations
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JCook archives
Date Contributor Update
02 February 2015 10:00:00 AAM AAM ingest
Sources

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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